0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             Pete Campos
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO STUDY THE NEED FOR
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0012|     SERVICES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, services for alcoholism treatment in Las Vegas
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0015|     are now provided by the Rio Grande detoxification center; and
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0016|          WHEREAS, the center operates at one hundred percent
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0017|     capacity ninety-nine percent of the time; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, Las Vegas does not have a long-term treatment
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0019|     facility and patients must move to other locations, which
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0020|     presents a serious obstacle to successful treatment; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, in a survey of fifteen health care providers and
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0022|     judicial authorities, twelve responded that alcohol treatment
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0023|     services almost never accommodate needs; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, critical services for successful patient
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0025|     treatment such as family therapy and job placement are not
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0001|     available in Las Vegas;
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0002|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0003|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of health be requested
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0004|     to conduct a study of the alcoholism treatment services
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0005|     available in Las Vegas and San Miguel county with specific
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0006|     attention to the availability of a comprehensive treatment
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0007|     facility able to serve large numbers of both inpatient and
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0008|     outpatient clients; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department of health
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0010|     report its findings to the appropriate legislative committee
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0011|     by November 1, 1998; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0013|     transmitted to the secretary of health.
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